Radio toy



Jan. 12 1926. 1,569,509

E. M. 'LEEDY RADIO TOY Filed April 16, 1924 v Q l. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHINVENTOR (sown/2m Patented Jan. 12, 1926.

UNITED STATES ESTELLE Moss LEEDY, or BRONX, NEW YORK.

RADIO TOY.

Application filed April 16,1924. Serial No. 706,828.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ESTELLE M. LEEDY, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Bronx, county of the Bronx, and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Radio Toys, of

which the following is a specification.

The objects of this invention are to provide a toy in the nature of aradio receiving set having the general appearance and operating afterthe manner of a radio set so as to interest and entertain the child withthe effects produced and also be of instructive value as training thechild for operating a real radio set. j

Other objects are to provide the toy in an attractive but relativelyinexpensive form and adapted to serve as a bank in addition to thefunctions as a toy radio set.

The accompanying drawing illustrates a practical embodiment of theinvention, wherein these objects are attained and in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the set and Figure 2 is a broken planview of the same on substantially the plane of line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 8 is a broken cross section on substantially the plane of line 33of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a broken detail sectional View taken on substantially theplane of line l4 of Figure 1.

The body of the toy comprises a box or cabinet 5 having a front wall 6in simulation of the panel of a radio receiving set. This cabinet isshown as having a vertical partition 7 dividing the interior of the sameinto a large front compartment and a smaller rear compartment 8, thelatter serving as a bank or receptacle in which deposits are madethrough a slot 9 in the top of the cabinet. Access may be had to thiscompartment for the purpose of removing the deposits by opening up theback 10 of the cabinet which is shown as held at the top by a suitablelock 11 and hinged at the bottom at 12, said construction permitting theback to swing down and expose the entire interior of the bankcompartment.

To simulate the effects obtained with a radio set, a musical device ismounted within the front or main compartment and the action of thisdevice is subjected to the operation of special controls on the front ofthe panel in the nature of the knobs, dials and switches of a radio set.

The musical device illustrated is in the nature of a music box involvinga drum 13 carrying pins for engagement with the teeth of the comb 14;.This mechanism may be spring operated as customary in-such devices andis shown as having the winding stem 15 projecting through the case andprovided with a knob 16 at the front of the panel.

The starting and stopping of the music box mechanism is effected throughanother radio control, the music mechanism being shown as having anescapement 17 engaged by a stop 18 carried by the inner end of thespindle of the dial 19.

Variations in the operation of the music mechanism are obtained from animitation '1.-

switch knob 20 atthe front of the panel having a rearwar-dly extendingspindle with a screw connection at 21 for shifting the comb with respectto the drum so as to change the tunes rendered by the music boxmechanism.

Another dial 22 at the front of the panel is shown in Figure 2 asconnected with and designed to operate a ratchet click mechanism 23 atthe inside of the cabinet.

To further simulate the appearance and effect of a radio set, a loudspeaker horn 24 is shown removably seated in a socket 25 journaled inthe top of the cabinet and opening downwardly to the music compartment.The hollow spindle of the socket member 25 is shown as carrying a wormgear 26 inside the cabinet, Figure 4, engaged by a worm 27 carried bythe spindle of a binding post knob 28 journaled in the front panel.

Also, an imitation loop antenna 29 is shown removably mounted in asocket 30 journaled in the top of the cabinet and having within thecabinet a worm gear 31 engaged by worm 32 on the spindle of anotherbinding post knob 33 journaled in the front panel.

From the foregoing it will be seen that upon turning the radio controlknob 16, a music box mechanism will be wound up and that upon turningthe dial 19 this mechanism may be started and stopped at will. Byturning the selector switch knob 20 the various tunes of the music boxmechanism may be selected. The knobs 28 and 33 serve to face the loudspeaker and the antenna loop in different directions and the operationof dial 22 effects a clicking in simulation of code signals.

feature gives the child an additional inter est in the toy.

The various effects obtained with the control knobs and dials simulatein a generalv way the results obtained with a regular receiving set andthus are of educational value both from a matter of appearance and fromthe standpoint of teaching operation.

WTha-t is claimed is:

1. A. radio toy comprising a toy radio cabinet having a front panel insimulation of a radio set, toy radio controls rotatably mounted at saidfront panel, music box mechanism mounted within the cabinet having aWinding stem connected with one of the rotatable radio controls andstopand start means connected with another of the radio controls at thefront of the panel whereby the operation of said music box within thecabinet may be governed by the radio controls at the front of the panel.

2. A radio toy comprising a toy radio cabinet having" a front panel insimulation of a radio set, toy radio controls rotatably mounted at saidfront panel, music box mechanism mounted within the cabinet having awinding stem connected with One of the rotatable radio controls and stopand start means connected with another of the radio controls at thefront of the panel whereby the operation said music box within thecabinet may be governed by the radio controls at the front of the panel,said music box mechanism further including a tune changing device and atoy radio selector at the front of the panel connected with said tunechanging device to enable a selection of tunes from the music boxmechanism by operation of the radio selector control at the front of thepanel.

A radio toy comprising a toy radio cabinet having a front panel insimulation of a rad-lo set, toy radio control-s rotatably mounted atsaid front panel, music box mechanism mounted Within the cabinet havinga winding stem connected with one of the rotatable radio controls and.stop and start means connected with another of the radio controls at thefront of the panel whereby the operation of said music box Within thecabinet may be governed by the radio controls at the front of the panel,a toy radio loud speaker horn rotatably mounted on the top of thecabinet open to the music box mechanism within the cabinet and connectedwith one of the rotatable toy radio controls so that the same may befaced to direct the sound in different direc tions by operation of theradio controls at the front of the panel.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of April,1924.

ESTELLE MOSS LEEDY.

